From: Anja Elena Lyngbæk
Sent: Thu Nov 27 12:24:18 2014
To: cylhayes@gmail.com
Subject: INVITATION Economics of Happiness Conference, Portland
Importance: Normal
Dear Cylvia Hayes,
I'm writing on behalf of Local Futures (ISEC), an international non-profit
organization focused on promoting locally based alternatives to the global
consumer culture. We work with groups and initiatives across the world to
revitalize cultural and biological diversity and to strengthen local
communities and economies.
We will be hosting our 4th Economics of Happiness Conference, in Portland,
Oregon and would like to invite you to join us as a speaker. Your
participation, as a leading voice for economic change, would be profoundly
inspiring and motivating for all the participants, other speakers
included.
The gathering will take place at the Eliot Center in downtown Portland
from the afternoon of Friday, February 27th until the evening of Sunday,
the 1st of March, 2015.
I understand from Mary Rowinski that you are not able to make commitments
months in advance of an event. However, if our conference is of interest
to you, we could set-aside a slot in the program for you and wait for
confirmation closer to the date.
Our conferences are a unique melting pot of issues, perspectives and ideas
and have attracted participants of all ages from more than 15 countries so
far. We are expecting up to 500 participants in Portland, as well as an
international line-up of inspiring speakers. We will also stream the event
and put videos of many of the talks online afterwards.
The program will be similar to our previous conferences, held respectively
in Berkeley (US) Byron Bay (Australia) and Bangalore (India), which have
include a mixture of plenaries, workshops and interactive sessions. In the
case of Portland, we're also planning to offer field trips to localization
initiatives in and around the city.
We are partnering with many local organizations on the event and expect it
to offer an ideal opportunity to explore ways to catalyze a shift from
understanding to action, at local and global levels.
We would be truly honored to have you contribute to the conference as one
of our speakers.
Please let me know if you'd like any more information. I hope you can join
us and look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours sincerely,
Anja Elena Lyngbæk
Programs Coordinator
The Economics of Happiness
Local Futures - The International Society for Ecology and Culture
www.localfutures.org.uk
www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org
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Anja Elena Lyngbæk
Programs Coordinator
The Economics of Happiness
Local Futures - The International Society for Ecology and Culture
www.localfutures.org.uk
www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org
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